Weather Records on 23 December 1949

618 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 1949. Highest significance: Gilbert River Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 23 December 1949

On 23 December 1949, 618 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
268 were record highs and 215 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 602 daily.
Gilbert River Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 105.4 mm (4.1 in) on 23 December 1949.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 545 records.

Record Map

618 stations

618 station records on 23 December 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gilbert River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gaspe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moola Bulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fernie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Undilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Powell Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Summerland Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Claresholm Meadow Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
West Wyalong (Tallimbalong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dalmorton Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marietta 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Roldal	Norway	Record snow depth	98.0 cm (38.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Busby	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gaspe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Balfour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Truro Nsac	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Taos	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alfred	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bennington 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waneta	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisburg	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clear Spring 1 ENE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Keremeos	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Crown King	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

618 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 193, Lowest daily maximum 106, Highest daily minimum 75, Lowest daily minimum 109, Heaviest daily rainfall 82, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 23 December 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	193
Lowest daily maximum	106
Highest daily minimum	75
Lowest daily minimum	109
Heaviest daily rainfall	82
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 23 December 1949 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 602.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

508 broken records

Margins by which the 508 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 December 1949

Top 20 records on 23 December 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 1949	Gilbert River Post Office, AU	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1949	Gaspe, CA	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1949	Waterloo, AU	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1949	Moola Bulla, AU	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1949	Fernie, CA	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1949	Alexandria, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1949	Undilla Station, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1949	Powell Creek, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1949	Summerland Cda, CA	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1949	Claresholm Meadow Creek, CA	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1949	Middletown 4 W, US	monthly high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	65 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1949	Newcastle Waters, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1949	Berlin, US	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	58 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1949	West Wyalong (Tallimbalong), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1949	Huntsville, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	50 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1949	Dalmorton Homestead, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1949	Wellsboro, US	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	55 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1949	Ravenswood Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1949	Little Falls City Rsch, US	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	48 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1949	Marietta 3 NNW, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1793 to 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1949. 1949 had 618 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 12-23 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1825	1
1829	1
1840	1
1852	1
1855	1
1860	3
1864	1
1868	1
1870	6
1871	2
1875	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1883	2
1887	2
1888	2
1889	2
1891	3
1893	2
1894	5
1896	4
1897	1
1898	4
1899	6
1901	2
1903	5
1904	11
1905	3
1906	16
1907	35
1908	8
1909	59
1910	41
1911	29
1912	36
1913	87
1914	57
1915	59
1916	34
1917	26
1918	51
1919	39
1920	33
1921	219
1922	28
1923	146
1924	257
1925	205
1926	146
1927	100
1928	137
1929	393
1930	141
1931	987
1932	329
1933	734
1934	92
1935	360
1936	370
1937	232
1938	183
1939	264
1940	365
1941	750
1942	534
1943	745
1944	484
1945	752
1946	234
1947	517
1948	528
1949	618
1950	521
1951	405
1952	242
1953	605
1954	348
1955	1,162
1956	496
1957	485
1958	209
1959	352
1960	1,442
1961	320
1962	439
1963	1,391
1964	1,457
1965	653
1966	436
1967	885
1968	891
1969	852
1970	940
1971	695
1972	376
1973	479
1974	611
1975	628
1976	514
1977	663
1978	351
1979	813
1980	516
1981	1,127
1982	1,140
1983	4,533
1984	668
1985	629
1986	571
1987	804
1988	878
1989	3,791
1990	3,241
1991	1,196
1992	504
1993	991
1994	1,091
1995	1,212
1996	1,184
1997	1,016
1998	688
1999	936
2000	746
2001	663
2002	778
2003	766
2004	1,231
2005	903
2006	1,194
2007	873
2008	771
2009	1,073
2010	1,298
2011	735
2012	817
2013	1,235
2014	1,070
2015	1,972
2016	432
2017	621
2018	373
2019	699
2020	916
2021	702
2022	1,426
2023	856
2024	637
2025	1,678

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Data for records on 1949-12-23: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	481
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2